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A New Way To Fight Obesity

A New Way To Fight Obesity. Joshua Cordova - joshua.cordova@gmail.com Hana Lee - hana.c.lee@gmail.com Seong Joon Lee - sjnicklee@hanmail.net. Obesity. 2 nd leading cause of death in US Increases the risk of many diseases Medical expenses of obesity > $50 billion/year

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A New Way To Fight Obesity

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  1. A New Way To Fight Obesity Joshua Cordova - joshua.cordova@gmail.com Hana Lee - hana.c.lee@gmail.com Seong Joon Lee - sjnicklee@hanmail.net

  2. Obesity • 2nd leading cause of death in US • Increases the risk of many diseases • Medical expenses of obesity > $50 billion/year • Weight loss is the best treatment -change: diet, physical activity habits

  3. Intended Users • Mainly, people who are suffering from obesity. • Specifically, BMI of over 25 but less than 40 • Needs to get below BMI of 25 • People who are concerned about being obese. • Use cell phone / PDA / mobile device.

  4. Requirements • Hardware Requirements: PDA • Software Content • BMI check / diary • Weight Diary • Calorie check / diary • Exercise Diary • Personal Profile

  5. Usability Test

  6. Usability Test of DOT • 10 subjects • 8 tasks • Creating a new profile under your name • Calculate BMI • Send email to Dr. Motorola Kodak • View doctor’s note from yesterday • View stats for yesterday’s date • Enter 250 calories eaten for today • Enter 500 calories burned for today • Enter your weight for today

  7. Post-test Results • Overall Reactions to the system • (Terrible-Wonderful) 6 • You can accomplish tasks • (With Difficulty-Easily) 6.1 • Learning to operate system • (Difficult-Easy) 6.5 • Characters on the computer screen • (Hard to read-Easy to read) 7.2

  8. Conclusion

  9. Conclusion • Calendar • BMI calculator • Dr’s Feedback

  10. Future Work • More network/internet aspect • Direct Chat with the doctor • add graphs • food look up in the system.

  11. Thank You! DOT team

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